Being a Good Teammate (278)

One of the biggest components to being a great team is having good teammates. Teams that have good teammates also have good team chemistry, which helps them play better. Being a good teammate is not only important in sports, but in work and school. 

One way to be a good teammate is your attitude. You should have a positives mad encouraging attitude towards your teammates. Towards the coaches, you should be coachable and ready to take their advice. Even if you don't play that much, you should have a good attitude on the bench and understand that the situation is the best for the team, although sometimes that is not easy to do. Players shouldn't just focus on if they are a starter or how much play time they get because everyone has a roll on the team and they are all important in the team's success, no matter how much play time they may or may not get. 

Another part of being a good teammate is your effort at practices and games; are you working to make you and your team better? Are you giving 100% on the court? By always giving a high effort level you are helping your team improve. You are also showing that you care about what you are doing and showing that you want to be there. Not only do your teammates see this, but so do your coaches, and they want to see players  working hard. 

Being a good teammate is about helping the team, so sometimes the focus is not on just improving yourself, but helping to improve the team. Also, teams full of good teammates just have more fun!